Pope Leo's Banter

Leo XIII has made rnerry upom the subject ot church musicin his dignih'ed way. ''Imagine," he once said, "St. Angustine, Ihe African one, confessing that his heart had been touched byhigii notes and fiddles. " The repetiticn of words is another featnre objected to by this lettered pontiff, who whea archbisop of Perugia whispered to his chaplain during a grand musical function, "Do you think ftiey really mean 'amen' this time?"